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Greenfield Hill Historic District

Greenfield Hill Historic District from directly overhead

Greenfield Hill Historic District is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Goodsell Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenfield Hill Village Green, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.0 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.17660, -73.29217

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Westport Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 2.8 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 4.5 mi
  • Formal Garden: 5.9 mi
Beaches
Artworks: 47
  • Heron: 7.3 mi
  • Mother Mary: 8.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.3 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 10.3 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Cascade: 5.6 mi
  • Cascade: 7.8 mi
  • Cascade: 9.2 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 9.5 mi
Attractions: 20
Picnic sites: 17
  • Picnic Grove: 6.2 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 9.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.0 mi
  • Pond View: 10.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.6 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Greenfield Hill Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goodsell HillNW 314°211 m8.9 mi
Huckleberry HillNW 319°204 m8.9 mi
Gilbert HillNW 312°186 m8.9 mi
Tashua HillNNE 21°179 m6.2 mi
Round HillN 5°170 m5.2 mi
Hirams HillN 10°167 m8.5 mi
Comstock KnollWNW 283°164 m9.1 mi
Booth HillNE 38°160 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 9 mi away.

  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage53 obs
  • eastern white pine34 obs
  • Painted Turtle29 obs
  • American beech28 obs
  • White-tailed Deer27 obs
  • garlic mustard26 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander25 obs
  • eastern hemlock24 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/359285979

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